Features and comparative characteristics of political campaigns in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Russia will hold elections to the State Duma in 2021, in this connection, it is necessary to recall the events that took place within the framework of major regional elections of previous years. The election of the governor of St. Petersburg (2019) was an event when the representative of «United Russia» won in the face of protest moods (including because of the pension reform), but the competition in the councils of municipalities significantly increased. In the Moscow City Duma elections (2019) the Communist Party, «Yabloko» and «Fair Russia» significantly increased their representation in Moscow, while maintaining the absolute majority of «United Russia». Also in these elections, the practice of remote electronic voting (DEG) began, which became a new technology for the practice of administrative resource.